Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, the mayor of Tehran is profiled as a likely opponent to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the Boston Globe. The article describes Ghalibaf as a more modern, gentler replacement for Ahmadinejad:
As mayor of a city where Calvin Klein ads compete with portraits of war heroes and clerics, Ghalibaf is fashioning himself as a candidate of gradual change, who can appeal to younger voters while retaining enough conservative bona fides from his days as soldier to satisfy the powerful religious elite.
The reference to his days as a soldier is a bit ...

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Mayor of Tehran, was banned from making a US trip, but will that affect his political future?
On Saturday 15th of January, 2010, the pro-Ghalibaf newspaper Tehran-e Emrooz excitedly reported that Tehran, along with Guangzhou (China), Lima (Peru), Nantes (France) and Leon (Mexico) had been nominated to receive the sustainable transportation award, presented by the Washington-based Institute for Transportation and Development Policy. The Iranian ministry of foreign affairs, however, opposed Mohammad Ghalibaf's visit to Washington to participate in the award ...